Saint Joe’s surprises top seed Richmond
Erik Reynolds II scored 30 points as No. 9 seed Saint Joseph’s (21-12) knocked off top-seeded Richmond 66-61 Thursday in an Atlantic 10 quarterfinal in Brooklyn, New York. The Hawks erased a 10-0 deficit at Barclays Center.
The Spiders (23-9), likely headed to the National Invitation Tournament, were led by Neal Quinn, who scored 21 points.
VCU 73, Massachusetts 59: Joe Bamisile came off the bench to score 18 points as the fifth-seeded Rams (21-2) avenged a regular-season loss to the fourth-seeded Minutemen, moving VCU into a Saturday semifinal against Saint Joseph’s.
Zeb Jackson had 17 points for VCU. St. Bonaventure 75, Loyola Chicago 74, 2 OTs: Reserve Daryl Banks had 22 points and eight rebounds as the seventh-seeded Bonnies (20-12) edged the secondseeded Ramblers (23-9) in a thriller to move to a Saturday semifinal against the Dayton-Duquesne victor. Banks was 12 for 12 at the free-throw line. NCAA Division III semifinal Hampden-Sydney 62, Guilford 57: Davidson Hubbard had 16 points and seven rebounds as the Tigers (31-2) won an All-Old Dominion Athletic Conference national semifinal against the Quakers (26-5) in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Julius Burch and Tyler Dearman scored 16 points each and Luke Proctor had 15 for Guilford.
Hampden-Sydney, ranked No. 1 by d3hoops.com entering the 64-team tournament, will play for the title Saturday night against the winner between Trinity of Hartford, Connecticut, and Trine of Angola, Indiana.
Big 12 quarterfinals
No. 1 Houston 60, TCU 45: Emanuel Sharp led the Cougars (29-3) with 14 points and Jamal Shead scored 12, and their defense that held the Horned Frogs without a point for nearly 10 minutes to start the game in Kansas City, Missouri.
No. 25 Texas Tech 81, No. 20 Brigham Young 67: Pop Isaacs scored 22 points, Chance McMillian added 17 and the fourthseeded Red Raiders knocked out the fifth-seeded Cougars.
Big East quarterfinals No. 2 Connecticut 87, Xavier
60: Tristen Newton and Donovan Clingan each had 13 points and seven rebounds, and top-seeded UConn blitzed Xavier in the second half. St. John’s 91, Seton Hall 72: Rick Pitino returned to the Big East Tournament for the first time in 11 years and led the fifth-seeded Red Storm over the fourth-seeded Pirates.
Pac-12 quarterfinal No. 6 Arizona 70, Southern California
KJ Lewis led a balanced 49: scoring attack with 15 points in Las Vegas as Arizona (25-7) avenged a loss to USC to end the regular season by rolling past the Trojans.
SEC second round No. 15 South Carolina 80, Arkansas
Collin Murray-Boyles 66: scored 24 points for South Carolina, which took control with a 16-0 run spanning halftime in Nashville, Tennessee.
Mountain West quarterfinal No. 18 Utah State 87, Fresno
Great Osobor had 29 State 75, OT: points and 17 rebounds for the No. 1 seed Aggies (27-5) in Las Vegas.
Late Wednesday
Patriot League final
Colgate 74, Lehigh 55: Brady Cummins scored a career-high 19 points and top-seeded Colgate (25-9) collected its fourth straight Patriot League Tournament title. Big 12 second round Cincinnati 72, No. 16 Kansas 52:
Dan Skillings Jr. scored 25 points to help 11th-seeded Cincinnati beat a sixth-seeded Kansas team missing the league’s top two scorers, Hunter Dickinson and Kevin McCullar Jr. Southland final McNeese 92, Nicholls 76:
Shahada Wells scored 27 points as former VCU and LSU coach Will Wade’s Cowboys (30-13) won at home in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Big Sky final Montana State 85, Montana 70:
Robert Ford III scored 22 points as the fifth-seeded Bobcats beat the third-seeded Grizzlies in Boise, Idaho.